MUSKEGON, MI – Ninos Danny Jando, the Illinois foot doctor who pleaded guilty to secretly videotaping Muskegon Community College wrestlers while they showered, was sentenced to nine months in jail Monday.

Jando has already served nearly half that sentence – 133 days – since his arrest in January 2013.

Muskegon County Chief Circuit Judge William C. Marietti also sentenced Jando, 34, of Skokie to two years on probation. While on probation, Jando must complete any counseling programs recommended by his agent and stay away from school property.

Jando pleaded guilty May 6 to three counts of capturing images of unclothed persons without their consent, with three different victims listed. That’s a felony punishable by a maximum of five years in state prison.

In Jando’s case, state sentencing guidelines called for imprisonment of between zero and 17 months. Those guidelines, if followed, require a judge to impose a sentence to county jail, which can be no more than a year long. Jando’s sentence was near the midpoint of the guidelines.

Muskegon County Assistant Prosecutor James Corbett argued for the judge to exceed the guidelines and send the podiatrist to state prison for more than a year.

Corbett pointed to Jando’s 2009 misdemeanor conviction for disorderly conduct in Illinois for similar conduct there in St. Charles, a suburb of Chicago. In that case, Jando was sentenced to unsupervised probation, and the case was dismissed after he completed probation, according to Jando’s Muskegon attorney, Jeffrey P. West.

Illinois podiatrist sentenced for shower videotaping of Muskegon Community College wrestlersIllinois podiatrist Ninos Danny Jando, 34, of Skokie, Ill. was sentenced to nine months in Muskegon County Jail with 133 days credit already served by Muskegon County's chief 14th Circuit Judge William C. Marietti on June 10, 2013. Jando was sentenced for his conviction of three counts of capturing images of an unclothed person without their consent for taking video of showering male wrestlers in a Muskegon Community College locker room.

But Corbett said the Illinois conviction and punishment were so minor – and not scored in Michigan’s sentencing guidelines – only because the victims whose naked images were found on Jando’s video files could not be located.

Corbett said the dates of the images of 21 naked men found in the 2009 case ranged from 2002 to 2008. “This has been going on a long time. … He’s a predator, your honor,” Corbett said.

Corbett said Jando is also currently being investigated in Illinois for similar videotapes allegedly taken at a community college there.

Jando, speaking to the judge before sentencing, expressed remorse for his actions and promised never to do it again.

“What I did was selfish, it was immoral, and it’s inexcusable,” Jando said, speaking softly. “I’d like to apologize to the victims for what I’ve done.”

He said his time in jail has given him a chance to reflect on his actions. “I never really thought about … the consequences of my actions,” he said. “I’ll feel this guilt and remorse for the rest of my life. I’m disappointed in my life. … I don’t want to disappoint myself now.

“That’s why I vow never to repeat these actions,” Jando said.

West, Jando’s attorney, called his client “someone who is typically very caring, very generous with his time and skills. … I can’t even understand how he puts himself in this position. … His voyeurism and the embarrassment suffered by his victims are incongruous with everything else about Ninos Jando.” He asked that Jando be released with a sentence of time served and placed on supervised probation.

West said Jando’s Illinois medical license will be reviewed July 1 at a hearing in that state.

Illinois’ online licensing records show Jando is licensed to practice there as a podiatric physician – a foot and ankle doctor – as well as to write prescriptions for controlled substances.

The Muskegon incident was reported around 6 p.m. Jan 28. A student in the locker room noticed that Jando, who was also showering, seemed to be taking an unusual amount of care positioning a toiletry bag on the shower head and grew suspicious. The student reportedly noticed a second toiletry bag placed in a trash can as well.

The student then noticed what appeared to be a camera lens after Jando left the shower, Muskegon police said.

One of the student wrestlers notified a school custodian, who had a walkie-talkie and called campus security, which responded immediately. Also notified was the wrestling coach, who called 911. Police arrived within minutes and arrested Jando.

Both bags were found to have cameras pointed through holes in the bags, a prosecutor said.